Month: January 2026
Bitcoin miner CleanSpark broadens AI, HPC footprint with Texas acquisition
The company’s move closer to artificial intelligence and high-performance computing followed many others repurposing some of their infrastructure away from mining crypto.
BMW says electric M3 will be a ‘new level’ of performance
BMW teased its forthcoming all-electric M-series performance sedan today, promising that the quad-motor M3 sports car would feature specs that are truly next level when it arrives in 2027. The M3 will have four electric motors and simulated gear shifting, a feature that is quickly becoming a must-have for electrified sports cars. BMW says the … Read more
I’ve tested 30 smart locks, and these are the best
A smart lock is an easy solution to some common problems. Locked yourself out? Need to let a friend in to water the plants? Your latchkey kid lost their key? Hands are full, and it’s raining cats and dogs? A smart lock solves all of these problems and more. One of the best smart home … Read more
AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems
Since the release of GPT 5.2, AI tools have become inescapable in high-level mathematics.
Blackstone, General Atlantic-backed Liftoff Mobile files for IPO
The company offers a platform that helps mobile app developers market their wares and has an army of bankers working on its IPO.
Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public
Digg, a reboot of an earlier social news site, is now relaunching as a Reddit competitor focused on communities.
Verizon outages reported across U.S.
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Bose’s first-gen QC Ultra headphones have returned to their best price to date
This year’s CES introduced a bevy of unique headphones, including Fender’s first set and a pair that roll up to become a Bluetooth speaker when you want to share your music with friends. However, despite the interesting advancements, we doubt any of them will dethrone our favorite pair for travel: the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones. … Read more
Netflix’s first original podcasts star Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin
Netflix is launching its first pair of original video podcasts, hosted by Saturday Night Live alum Pete Davidson and NFL commentator and former star Michael Irvin. While The Pete Davidson Show makes its debut on January 30th, you can find Irvin’s The White House on the streaming service on January 19th. The two shows will … Read more
Bitwise lists Bitcoin, Ether and Solana ETPs on Nasdaq Stockholm
The listings give investors local-currency exposure to spot and staking-based crypto products through a regulated exchange, marking Bitwise’s latest move in Europe.
Price predictions 1/14: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, XMR, BCH, LINK
Bitcoin inches toward $100,000 as ETH and select altcoins look to make fresh 2026 highs. Do technical charts confirm that the bull market has restarted?
More than half of all crypto tokens have failed — and most died in 2025
Over 13.4 million tokens have been erased between mid-2021 and 2025, according to a new analysis by CoinGecko.
Figure joins stock tokenization race with new trading platform backed by BitGo, Jump
The blockchain lender’s new OPEN platform hosts equities registered natively onchain, bypassing DTCC and allowing DeFi-based lending.
Verizon’s wireless network is down for many people nationwide
The first big outage of 2026 is here, as Verizon customers across the US, including several of our phones, complain that service has been spotty or nonexistent starting at around noon ET, with phones switching to SOS Mode and being unable to connect. This cell service outage follows a “software issue” that cut off service … Read more
Google’s Trends Explore page gets new Gemini capabilities
The Trends Explore page for users to analyze search interest just got a major upgrade. It now uses Gemini to identify and compare relevant trends.
Gemini is winning
If you want to win in AI – and I mean win in the biggest, most lucrative, most shape-the-world-in-your-image kind of way – you have to do a bunch of hard things simultaneously. You need to have a model that is unquestionably one of the best on the market. You need the nearly infinite resources … Read more
GitGuardian Closes 2025 With Strong Enterprise Momentum, Protecting Millions of Developers Worldwide
New York, NY, January 14th, 2026/CyberNewsWire/–Leading secrets security platform sees accelerated adoption across Fortune 500, with 60% of new customers choosing multi-year commitments. GitGuardian, the leading secrets and Non-Human Identity security platform, today announced record growth in ARR and customer expansion throughout 2025, reinforcing its position as the enterprise standard for protecting code, collaboration tools, … Read more
Zcash Foundation Says SEC Ends Investigation With No Enforcement Action
The Zcash Foundation is the latest crypto organization to say the SEC has backed off, joining the likes of Coinbase and Ripple.
PrimeXBT Expands Crypto Futures with 40 New Crypto Assets
Castries, Saint Lucia, January 14th, 2026/Chainwire/–PrimeXBT, a leading global crypto and CFD broker, has listed 40 new crypto futures trading pairs, significantly expanding its asset coverage across high-demand segments including AI, Layer-1 and Layer-2 networks, DeFi, Infrastructure, Meme tokens, NFT, Metaverse, and Payments. The expansion is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to provide traders … Read more